Exodus 22:25 says, If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.  The Israelites were not to charge interest on loans made to any poor person.  This would not play well in the world today, where poor people are still charged great amounts of interest on loans, especially credit card and pay day loans.  Verse twenty-six states, If thou at all take thy neighbour’s raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:  If a person gave their raiment for a pledge, it was to be returned by night fall.  Verse twenty-seven adds, For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.  This is the reason that the raiment was to be returned.  The borrower would be cold at night without it.  In other words, the welfare of the borrower was to be considered.  God said if the person cried out to Him because this didn't happen that He would hear, because He is a gracious God.  How can we serve a gracious God and not be expected to be a gracious people?  We say that we can never outgive God, but do we believe it?  Verse twenty-eight states, Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.  Since there is but one God, and this doesn't seem to be referring to Him.  Matthew Henry says it refers to the judges, but I am not sure why they were referred to as gods.  I do know what God meant when He said that we are not to revile the rulers.  That means we are not to speak badly about those in power, and not just those that we like.  I personally don't believe there is any benefit in continuing to speak badly about former rulers.  Verse twenty-nine declares, Thou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.  The people of Israel were told not to delay in giving to God what was God's. the first fruits of all that they had.  I believe that likewise we should not delay in bringing our tithes and offerings to God today.  We cannot make this contingent on circumstances, because if we do, then circumstances will never be right.  Verse thirty adds, Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep: seven days it shall be with his dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me.  New born oxen and sheep were to be given a week with their mother, then they were to be given to God.  Verse thirty-one concludes, And ye shall be holy men unto me: neither shall ye eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs.  The people of Israel were to be a holy nation to God, not because of their superiority to others, but because of their relationship to God.  They were not to eat animals killed by beasts in the field.  This was not a probation against eating meat, but about eating something that was not pure.  Matthew Henry says it was a call to be conscientious in our diet.